So i grabbed all the html old lyric archive pages off uh. dumbrella. (thanks, wget!) I realize that a user-submitted db-driven model has been tried before (aarondek.com/archive); but now seems like a really good time to try such a beast again.

Fully indexed, searchable... come on. I reckon that'd be cool. Ideally, these should be cross-indexed to user entered user-pages, etc. I mean, it's cool that spud's pluggin' all that shizzle in, but what a pain in the ass.

Parsing all the old (lyric) data would be a pain in the ass, but not impossible. It seems like a shame to lose all that. Are there plans for such a beast in the works? I'll help/write the back end if not.

reve wrote:
So i grabbed all the html old lyric archive pages off uh. dumbrella. (thanks, wget!) I realize that a user-submitted db-driven model has been tried before (aarondek.com/archive); but now seems like a really good time to try such a beast again.

Yah, I did the same thing, and was thinking much the same thing. I may give this a shot one day if it doesn't just magically happen on its own.

(Guys, if you need more volunteer help with anything, I'm happy to help.)

Also, I want to start a post about how much I hate almost all of you, but I'm not sure which forum to put it in.

hey, there are at least three of you that I know of working on the same project (creating a database of the lyric archive and possibly the reviews as well). I will call a meeting next week to coordinate our efforts.

Generic wrote:The old dumbrella board is staying up, but locked. You can still see your lyrics there, kids.

rstevens, on the new Dumbrella board wrote:The old boards will not be deleted any time in the near future, but will be locked in a few days. You can still read and link to your favorite threads but you won't be able to add to them. This system should be a lot faster & more stable.

If they were staying up forever indefinitely, it would just say "The old boards will not be deleted". That board will be coming down sometime.